Heron’s Triangles, Golden Section and Quantization of Decays of Scalar, Strange Mesons and Δ, N Baryons in the Hyperbolic Lobachevsky Velocity Space ()
1. Introduction
In inelastic reactions at high energies, the particle velocity vectors are measured in some frame of reference. The ends of the velocity vectors represent material points-velocities in the velocity space located inside a sphere of radius C (C is the speed of light, the points-velocities are assigned rest masses of the particles) [1]-[4]. The Lorentz group defines the Lobachevsky geometry of negative curvature k = −1/C2 in the velocity space [5]. The material points-velocities inside a sphere of radius C represent the Lorentz invariant geometric image of inelastic reaction kinematics in hyperbolic Lobachevsky velocity space (HLVS) (further everywhere the speed of light C = 1) [6] [7]. Two material points-velocities of resonance decay particles can be connected by a line segment and an arc of a line of constant zero curvature, called the oricycle [8]. Archimedes’ lever laws (3) and (8) define the 3rd point-velocity on the oricycle arc, to which an additive mass is assigned (the sum of the rest masses of the decay particles) [4] [9]-[11]. Connecting 3 velocity points with straight line segments, we obtain isosceles triangles of resonance decays in the Beltrami model of the Lobachevsky velocity space (Figure 1) [9]-[11]. The effective mass of the resonance corresponds to the length of the base of its decay triangle (6). In these triangles, the golden section is discovered and the Stewart and Bretschneider theorems are fulfilled on the arcs of the oricycle (Appendix A).
Near the decay triangles of scalar, strange mesons and Δ, N baryons, satellite triangles with integer values of their characteristics were found (Tables 1-3). Namely, on these satellite triangles, the function (4), called the oricyclic cotangent of a triangle (OCT), takes integer values. The dimensionless Lorentz invariant function OCT is constructed based on the arc length of the oricycle and the opposite base angle. In addition to the integer values of OCT, for these satellite triangles, the sum of the hyperbolic cosines of the lengths of the lateral sides and the hyperbolic cosines of the lengths of the bases is also equal to integers. These satellite triangles are called Heron’s triangles in HLVS [9]-[11]. On Heron’s triangles, another Lorentz invariant function (5), called the orcyclic tangent of a triangle (OTT), is constant and equal to 4. Also, Tables 1-3 give the values of the generalized cosines of the angles between the tangent to the oricycle at the point-velocity of the additive mass and the tangent at the point-velocity of the base of Heron’s triangles located near the known scalar, strange mesons and Δ, N baryons (Appendix B).
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Figure 1. Decays of scalar mesons in the Beltrami model of the Lobachevsky velocity space. The separate ellipses of decay oricycles of
,
scalar mesons with centers in the “
” points of the Absolute and
tringles of
,
scalar mesons decays, combined into one oricycle with the center at the point “
” (1, 0) on the Absolute. The point-velocity “G” represents the center of inertia of the pair particles
.
Table 1. Heron’s triangle characteristics near decay triangles of scalar mesons.
Name Scalar Mezon |
Effective Mass
(Mev) |
Effective Mass
(Mev) |
OCT |
|
|
|
GCosTang(b, m) |
|
|
495.0 |
483.5 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0.034 |
0.0 |
|
775.3 |
789.5 |
7 |
4.5 |
15 |
0.022 |
2.5 |
|
980.0 |
967.0 |
11 |
6.5 |
23 |
0.014 |
4.5 |
|
1275.5 |
1279.2 |
20 |
11 |
41 |
0.040 |
9.0 |
|
1504.5 |
1503.2 |
28 |
15 |
57 |
0.000 |
13.0 |
|
1688.8 |
1697.9 |
36 |
19 |
73 |
0.060 |
17.0 |
|
2018.8 |
2012.9 |
51 |
26.5 |
103 |
0.020 |
24.5 |
Table 2. Heron’s triangle characteristics near decay triangles Δ, N baryons.
Name Δ, N Barion |
Effective Mass
(Mev) |
Effective Mass
(Mev) |
OCT |
|
|
|
GCosTang(b, m) |
|
N (1440) |
1370.0 |
1361.1 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
0.016 |
1.0 |
N (1520) |
1515.0 |
1539.9 |
7 |
4.5 |
15 |
0.044 |
2.5 |
N (1535) |
1530.0 |
1539.9 |
7 |
4.5 |
15 |
0.012 |
2.5 |
|
Δ (1232) |
1232.0 |
1227.8 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0.014 |
0.0 |
Δ (1600) |
1510.0 |
1482.8 |
6 |
4 |
13 |
0.038 |
2.0 |
Δ (1620) |
1600.0 |
1595.1 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
0.060 |
3.0 |
Table 3. Heron’s triangle characteristics near decay triangles of strange mesons.
Name Strange Mezon |
Effective Mass
(Mev) |
Effective Mass
(Mev) |
OCT |
|
|
|
GCosTang(b, m) |
Strange Mezon
|
|
891.8 |
860.9 |
3 |
2.5 |
7 |
0.072 |
0.5 |
|
1421.1 |
1410.1 |
14 |
8 |
29 |
0.010 |
6.0 |
|
1425.6 |
1410.1 |
14 |
8 |
29 |
0.020 |
6.0 |
|
1718.0 |
1734.5 |
23 |
12.5 |
47 |
0.014 |
10.5 |
|
2045.0 |
2035.3 |
33 |
17.5 |
67 |
0.060 |
15.5 |
2. Decay of Scalar Mesons in the Beltrami Model of Lobachevsky Velocity Space
Consider an inelastic reaction with the birth of 2 pi mesons:
(1)
in which the velocities of particles B,
,
in some reference frame “0” are measured. The ends of the velocity vectors of the particles of reaction (1) represent material points-velocities “
”, “
”, “B” in the hyperbolic Lobachevsky velocity space (HLVS) located inside a sphere of radius C (hereinafter everywhere the speed of light C = 1, the rest masses
of particles B,
,
are assigned to the points-velocities) [4]. Let’s consider the reaction (1) in the Beltrami model of the Lobachevsky velocity space [6]. In the plane “
”, “
”, “B”, we introduce a rectangular coordinate system X0Y with the origin at the point “0” (Figure 1). The orthogonal projections (
,
) of the velocity vector of the particle
on the axes 0X, 0Y are called the Beltrami coordinates of the point “
” in HLVS. The length
of the line segment (
) with the Beltrami coordinates of the ends “
” (
,
), “
” (
,
) is represented by the formula [8]:
(2)
The length
of a line segment (
) is called the rapidity [12]. In addition to the straight line (
), through the points-velocities “
”, “
” passes a single pair of symmetric arcs of lines of curvature 0, called oricycles (the ellipses in Figure 1 represent oricycles whose lengths
of radii are infinitely large and whose centers “C0” are located on the circle
, called the Absolute of HLVS) [8]. All oricycles in HLVS are congruent as straight lines in Euclidean space are congruent [8]. Therefore, the ellipse with semimajor axis (C0 – 0) in Figure 1 represents an oricycle, into which the oricycles of decays of separate scalar mesons are combined.
The point “m” on the oricycle with additive mass
is determined by Archimedes’ laws of levers (3). The roles of forces in the levers are played by the masses
, and the arms of the levers are equal to the Euclidean lengths
of the arcs of the oricycle [9]-[11]:
(3)
Connecting the points “
”, “m”, “
” with each other by line segments, we obtain an isosceles triangle
of scalar meson decays inscribed in the oricycle (Figure 1). Let us consider an arbitrary Δamb triangle, for which we introduce a dimensionless Lorentz invariant function:
(4)
where
is the length of the oricycle arc subtending the base of length
, M is the angle at the vertex “m”. The function (4) is named oricyclic cotangent of triangle (OCT). The calculations have shown that when OCT = N, where N is an integer, then the lengths
,
,
of sides and bases of the triangle Δamb are related by the relations
,
. The triangles Δamb with values OCT = N are called Heron triangles in HLVS [8]-[10]. Another Lorentz invariant function called the oricyclic tangent of a triangle (OTT):
(5)
takes one value = 4 on Heron triangles. From the set of Heron triangles, we should especially note the tangent and right triangles (see Appendix A). Tangent (OCT = 1) and right (OCT = 4) triangles with absolute characteristics in the form of integers and the golden ratio are constructed on the tangent to an arbitrary point of the oricycle.
Table 1 shows the effective masses
of scalar mesons from [13]. According to Formula (6), the values of
correspond to the lengths
of the bases of the triangles
of the decays of scalar mesons [4]:
(6)
Next, the base (a – b) of the triangle Δamb was shifted along the radius (C0 – m) in small steps. At each shift, the OCT function was calculated using (4) through the length
of the arc and the angle M at the vertex “m” using the formulas [14]:
We determined the characteristics of Heron’s triangles Δamb—integer values OCT = N,
,
and Beltrami coordinates of points “a” (
,
), “b”(
,
), which were “close” to triangles
(the OCT function was calculated with an accuracy of 3 decimal places) (Figure 1). The “closeness” of triangles was determined by the ratio of arc lengths
(
is the length of the arc of the oricycle between points “b” and “
” of the bases of triangles Δamb and
,
is the length of the arc of the oricycle between points “m” and “
”). The effective mass
is calculated using Formula (6) through the length
of the base of Heron’s triangle Δamb (the rest masses
are assigned to points “a” and “b”). The last column of Table 1 contains the values of GCosTang(b_m) = (N − 2)/2—generalized cosines of the decay angle θ between the tangent to the oricycle at point “m” of the additive mass and the tangent at point “b” of the base of the Heron triangles Δamb (Appendix B).
Table 1 shows that the triangles
of scalar meson decays almost coincide with Heron’s triangles Δamb (very small values of the ratios of arc lengths
). It is also interesting that the values of the GCosTang(b, m) are multiples of 1/2 and nearby values of the effective masses
and
.
It should be noted that Archimedes’ levers in HLVS were first used by N.A. Chernikov, who used the following expressions for the momenta
and kinetic energies
of particles
,
in the system of their center of mass “G” (Figure 1) [4]:
Since in the reference frame “G” the momenta
are equal, then:
The expression
represents the length of a circle of radius
in HLVS. Therefore, N.A. Chernikov used the lengths of circles of radii
,
as the lever arms (point “G” is assigned an effective mass
) (Figure 1). However, the expression
represents the length
of the oricycle arc and Archimedes’ laws of levers can be represented in the form (3) [9]-[11]. Accordingly, the particles
fly apart along the tangent to the oricycle at the point “m”, where the additive mass
is concentrated. With such a fly-off, self-oscillations arise, caused by the gravitational force of the particle masses
. The integer values of OCT and the hyperbolic cosines of the sides of Heron’s triangles reflect this self-oscillating process.
3. Decay of Δ, N Barions in the Beltrami Model of Lobachevsky Velocity Space
Let us consider an inelastic reaction with the birth of proton P and
meson:
(7)
in which the velocities of particles B,
, P in some reference frame “0” are measured (Figure 2). The bottom part of Figure 2 shows the oricycle centered at the point “C0” (+1, 0), inscribed in it an isosceles triangle Δamb and the different-sided triangles
of the decays of Δ(1232) and Δ(1600) baryons. The point “m” of the additive mass
of triangles
is determined from Archimedes’ leverage laws (8) (
—rest mass of a proton,
—rest mass of a pi meson). For the case of different rest masses
, the point “m” shifts along the arc of the oricycle to the point-velocity “P” of the particle with larger rest mass:
(8)
Based on the values of
,
,
and Formulas (6) and (8), the lengths
,
,
of the sides
were calculated. According to Formula (6), the values of
correspond to the lengths
of the side (
– P) of the triangles
of the baryon decays. To the triangle
of Δ1600 baryon decay from the condition of equality of the lengths of the sides
, corresponds an isosceles rotary triangle
. We determined the characteristics of Heron’s triangles Δamb—integer values OCT = N,
,
, which were “close” to the rotary triangles
(the OCT function was calculated with an accuracy of 3 decimal places) (Figure 2). The ”closeness” of triangles was determined by the ratio of arc lengths
(
is the length of the arc of the oricycle between points “b” and “
” of the bases of triangles Δamb and
,
is the length of the arc of the oricycle between points “m” and “
”). The effective mass
is calculated using Formula (6) based on the length
of side (b –
) of triangle
(point “
” is found from relations (8) for Δamb, points “
”, “b” are assigned rest masses
,
). The last column of Table 2 shows the values of GCosTang(b_m) = (N − 2)/2.
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Figure 2. (Bottom part). Decays of Δ, N baryons and
strange mesons in the Beltrami model of the Lobachevsky velocity space. Isosceles triangles Δamb, the different-sided triangles
of baryon decays Δ(1232), Δ(1600), isosceles rotary triangle
of the decay Δ(1600) baryon, inscribed in an oricycle with the center at the point “
” (+1, 0) on the Absolute. The point-velocity “G” represents the center of inertia of the pair of particles P,
. (Top part). Isosceles triangles Δamb, the different-sided triangles
of the decays of strange mesons
,
, isosceles rotary triangle
of the decay
of strange meson, inscribed in an oricycle with the center at the point “
”
on the Absolute. The point-velocity “G” represents the center of inertia of the pair particles K493,
.
Table 2 shows the effective masses
of the Δ, N of baryons from [13]. As can be seen from Table 2, the rotary triangles
of decays Δ, N baryons almost coincide with the Heron triangles Δamb. The close values of effective masses
and
also indicate the ”closeness” of the different-sided triangles
and
. It is also interesting that the values of the GCosTang(b, m) are multiples of 1/2.
4. Decay of Strange Mesons in the Beltrami Model of Lobachevsky Velocity Space
Let us consider an inelastic reaction with the birth of K493 and
mesons:
(9)
in which the velocities of particles B,
, K493 in some reference frame “0” are measured (Figure 2). The top part of Figure 2 shows an oricycle centered at the point “
”(−1, 0), the isosceles triangle Δamb, the different-sided triangles
of the decays of
,
. The rest mass
of the strange meson K493 is assigned to the point “K493”. The point “
” is assigned to the rest mass
pi meson. The point “m” of additive mass
is determined from Archimedes’ laws of levers (8). Based on the values of
,
,
and Formulas (6) and (8), the lengths
,
,
of the sides
were calculated. To the triangle ΔK493m
of the decay
(1680) from the condition of equality of the lengths of the sides
, corresponds an isosceles rotary triangle
. We determined the characteristics of Heron’s triangles Δamb—integer values OCT = N,
,
, which were “close” to triangles
(the OCT function was calculated with an accuracy of 3 decimal places) (Figure 2). The ”closeness” of triangles was determined by the ratio of arc lengths
(
is the length of the arc of the oricycle between points “b” and “
” of the bases of triangles Δamb and
,
is the length of the arc of the oricycle between points “m” and “
”). The effective mass
is calculated using Formula (6) based on the length
of side (b –
) of triangle
(point “
” is found from relations (8) for Δamb, points “
” and “b” are assigned rest masses
).
Table 3 shows the effective masses
of the strange meson
decays from [13]. The effective masses
correspond to the lengths
of the side (
– K493) of the triangles
. As can be seen from Table 3, the rotary triangles
of the strange meson
decays almost coincide with Heron’s triangles Δamb. The close values of effective masses
and
also indicate the “closeness” of the different-sided triangles
and
. It is also interesting that the values of the GCosTang(b, m) are multiples of 1/2.
5. Conclusions
In the hyperbolic Lobachevsky velocity space, the Heron triangles near the decay triangles of scalar, strange mesons and Δ, N baryons are found. The set of Heron’s triangles with OCT values of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... from a series of natural numbers and integer side lengths forms a crystalline structure. From this set, a subset of Heron triangles with integer values of other characteristics can be identified (expressions (A1), (A3), (A4), (A8), (A10), and (A11) in Appendix A). This subset of Heron triangles will then correspond to crystals with different types of symmetry. Additional discrete characteristics of this subset of Heron’s triangles may be somehow related to the quantum numbers of the resonances.
It would be very interesting to process real data from reactions (1), (7) and (9) using the Heron’s triangle method. The detection of discrete hadron spectra in real data will open the connection of resonance physics with the theory of integers. Namely, from a number of natural numbers of OCT values, it will be possible to distinguish a number of integers corresponding to resonances. This series may turn out to be a series of primes, composite numbers, Pythagorean numbers, Fibonacci numbers, etc. Finding such a series for OCT values > 200 will contribute to the discovery of previously unknown resonances with very large effective masses (>6000 Mev).
Further development of the described approach will consist of:
Identifying resonances using the Heron triangle method and analyzing the angular distributions of their decays, using the parameterization of the dynamic spin quantization axis by Lobachevsky straight line beams [15].
Processing reactions (1), (7) and (9) with the production of more than 2 particles and searching for 3-particle decays of resonances based on a 3-dimensional analog of Heron triangles.
The article is based on the works of N.A. Chernikov, the official opponent of one of the authors (V.P.K.), at the Ph.D. thesis defense.
Funding
The work was financed by the LLP “Industry 4.0”, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Data Availability Statement
The data used in the article are taken from open sources [13].
Appendix A
In the Beltrami model of the HLVS plane, we introduce a rectangular coordinate system X0Y. The Beltrami coordinates (
,
) of the point “u” will be the orthogonal projections of its velocity vector in the reference frame “0” onto the coordinate axes 0X, 0Y (Figure A1). The circle
represents the Absolute HLVS, the ellipses with the semi-axes (C0 – 0) represent the oricycles with the centers at the points “C0”. The line segment connecting an arbitrary point “m” of the oricycle with the center “C0” is its radius.
Figure A1. Right Δpmq and tangent Δdme Heron triangles constructed at an arbitrary point “m” of the oricycle.
Let us draw 2 lines from the point “m” of the oricycle at an angle of 45˚ on both sides of the radius (C0 – m), which will cross the oricycle at the points “p”, “q” (Figure A1). Connecting the points “p”, “q”, “m” by line segments, we obtain an isosceles right Heron’s triangle Δpmq with an angle 90˚ at the vertex “m”. Through the midpoint “c” of the lateral side (m – q) of triangle Δpmq and the midpoint “a” of the base (p – q), we draw a line (a – c) cutting the oricycle at point “b”. Through point “a” and the center of the oricycle “C0” we draw a line (C0 – c), cutting the oricycle at point “s”. The ratio of arc lengths
of the oricycle is equal to the large golden section 1.61803..., the ratio of arcs lengths
is equal to 2.
The lengths of arcs
of the oricycle and the lengths of the sides
of the right Heron’s triangle Δpmq are related by the relations:
(A1)
(A2)
(A3)
(A4)
(A5)
(A6)
(A7)
GCosTang(p_q)—Generalized cosine of the angle between the tangents to the oricycle at points ”p” and “q” (Appendix B).
The isosceles tangent triangle Δdme is constructed on the points “d”, “e” of the intersections of the lines (C0 – A1), (C0 – A2) with the oricycle, where “A1”, “A2” are the points of intersection of the tangent at point “m” with the Absolute (Figure A1). Through the midpoint “v” of the side (m – d) of the triangle Δdme, the midpoint “z” of the base (d – e), we draw a line (z –v), intersecting the oricycle at points “t”. The arc length
of the oricycle is equal to the small golden section 0.61803... Through the midpoint “v” and the center “C0”, we draw a line (C0 – v), intersecting the oricycle at points “r”. The length of the arc
of the oricycle is equal to 0.5. The ratio of the arc lengths
is equal to the large golden section 1.61803..., the ratio of the arc lengths
is equal to 2 (Figure A1). The lengths of the arcs
,
,
of the oricycle and the lengths of the side
,
,
of the tangent Heron’s triangle Δdme are related by the relations:
(A8)
(A9)
(A10)
(A11)
(A12)
(A13)
(A14)
GCosTang(d_e)—Generalized cosine of the angle between the tangents to the oricycle at points “d” and “e”. Relations (A1) – (A14) are absolute, since they are satisfied for any point of tangency to the oricycle.
If the cevian (m – Ch) of the triangle Δpmq is projected from the center “C0” onto the oricycle, then for the corresponding arc lengths of the oricycle, Stewart’s theorem will be satisfied (Figure A1):
Bretschneider’s theorem will be valid in the quadrilateral (pmbq), if instead of the lengths of the sides and diagonals of the quadrilateral, we take the corresponding arc lengths of the oricycle:
Appendix B
Figure A2 shows the angles θ between the tangent at point “m” of the additive mass and the tangent at points “a”, “s”, “q” of the bases of Heron’s triangles for various cases of the location of the point “p” (
) of the intersection of these tangents with respect to the Absolute. Generalized cosine of the angle between the Tangents to the oricycle at points (“a” and “m”), (“s” and “m”), (“q” and “m”):
(B1)
(B2)
(B3)
Figure A2. Angle θ between the tangent to the oricycle at point “m” of the additive mass and the tangents at points “a”, “q”, “s” of the bases of Heron’s triangles. The point “p” of the intersection of the tangents is located inside/on/outside the Absolute.
Formula (B1) corresponds to the case where the tangents (m – p) and (a – p) intersect inside the Absolute. Formula (B2) corresponds to the case where the tangents (m – p), (s – p) intersect on the Absolute, then the angle θ between them is 0˚. Formula (B3) corresponds to the case where the tangents (m − p), (q − p) intersect outside the Absolute at the point “p”, then the decay θ between them corresponds to a segment (c – d) of length
which the tangents cut off on the line (A1 − A2). The lines (A1 − p), (A2 − p) are tangents to the Absolute, drawn from the point “p”.